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Barchullona said:
Of course they don't provide proof of anything. There is nothing there to prove. Last night there was one postulating that the likes of Einstein had help from advanced extra-terrestrials. And they are always "experts" discussing each outlandish theory. Experts on what, exactly? Unfortunately some people take them seriously. Von Danniken made millions from the huge amounts of people who bought his books. UFOs exist. Any flying object not identified is a UFO. Believing they are powered by beings who have travelled for light years is another thing.
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They're historians mostly. Those shows spend half the time repeating what was already said before the break and then previewing what comes after the next one.

The next step should really be to get the mainstream public asking more. It's been cleverly streamlined into being a taboo subject that nobody wants to talk about. Instead of it being ridiculed, get people asking more questions. Demand stuff.
 
Barchullona said:
Perfectly true, Kemps.

Once after being made redundant I spent a short while collecting money for a firm which sold stuff on instalments. In Hornsea there was a bloke called Robin Hood. Next door was a a bloke called John Little, they put the surnames first in the book so we was down as Little John.

Back when we were teenagers there was a bloke in the phone book called A Bat man. He answered the phone by barking "Batman!". Did he get some grief when passing by phone boxes adapter a few pints on a Saturday night,
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There was a bloke on north hull called

Rudyard kim Kipling.

Fact
 
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Sterling Archer said:
They're historians mostly. Those shows spend half the time repeating what was already said before the break and then previewing what comes after the next one.

The next step should really be to get the mainstream public asking more. It's been cleverly streamlined into being a taboo subject that nobody wants to talk about. Instead of it being ridiculed, get people asking more questions. Demand stuff.
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Demand what stuff?

A taboo subject? There are endless books, TV programmes and people discussing it. 99.9% of it pure, unadulterated rubbish.
 
Barchullona said:
Demand what stuff?

A taboo subject? There are endless books, TV programmes and people discussing it. 99.9% of it pure, unadulterated rubbish.
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But it's only got that way because it was made a taboo subject in the first place.

Anything you see on tv, in books etc is just for entertainment purposes, if you can't filter that out you've got no chance. The best way to do it is to take initiative and do it yourself.

We don't know what is really out there, so why don't people ask? Instead of either bleakly accepting there's nothing, rubbishing everything or ignoring it, if everybody was on the same page it would put pressure on those that do know to provide an answer. If the answer was 'no, there's nothing' then fine, provided it was backed up by scientific proof. But there isn't that either. Just a gap, filled with conspiracy theories and nonsense like that's the way it's supposed to be because it's been like that for a long time. We are the only ones who can change it, yet we aren't, we've developed into a society that simply waits to be told.
 
Sterling Archer said:
But it's only got that way because it was made a taboo subject in the first place.

Anything you see on tv, in books etc is just for entertainment purposes, if you can't filter that out you've got no chance. The best way to do it is to take initiative and do it yourself.

We don't know what is really out there, so why don't people ask? Instead of either bleakly accepting there's nothing, rubbishing everything or ignoring it, if everybody was on the same page it would put pressure on those that do know to provide an answer. If the answer was 'no, there's nothing' then fine, provided it was backed up by scientific proof. But there isn't that either. Just a gap, filled with conspiracy theories and nonsense like that's the way it's supposed to be because it's been like that for a long time. We are the only ones who can change it, yet we aren't, we've developed into a society that simply waits to be told.
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Who should we ask?
 
Sterling Archer said:
But it's only got that way because it was made a taboo subject in the first place.

Anything you see on tv, in books etc is just for entertainment purposes, if you can't filter that out you've got no chance. The best way to do it is to take initiative and do it yourself.

We don't know what is really out there, so why don't people ask? Instead of either bleakly accepting there's nothing, rubbishing everything or ignoring it, if everybody was on the same page it would put pressure on those that do know to provide an answer. If the answer was 'no, there's nothing' then fine, provided it was backed up by scientific proof. But there isn't that either. Just a gap, filled with conspiracy theories and nonsense like that's the way it's supposed to be because it's been like that for a long time. We are the only ones who can change it, yet we aren't, we've developed into a society that simply waits to be told.
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So many words to say absolutely nothing.

How can you prove something doesn't exist. The fact you can't doesn't mean that something does exist.

What is your thoughts on God? Did he create everything?
 
Barchullona said:
So many words to say absolutely nothing.

How can you prove something doesn't exist. The fact you can't doesn't mean that something does exist.

What is your thoughts on God? Did he create everything?
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That's the point, you get off your arse and prove it does. Just saying something is so might have worked in 31AD but not any more. You're a scientist (apparently), surely you can appreciate the search for knowledge? I want to find something out, so I'm doing it, what's wrong with that?

I'm not discussing religion, it isn't appropriate nor is it relevant.
 
Sterling Archer said:
But it's only got that way because it was made a taboo subject in the first place.

Anything you see on tv, in books etc is just for entertainment purposes, if you can't filter that out you've got no chance. The best way to do it is to take initiative and do it yourself.

We don't know what is really out there, so why don't people ask? Instead of either bleakly accepting there's nothing, rubbishing everything or ignoring it, if everybody was on the same page it would put pressure on those that do know to provide an answer. If the answer was 'no, there's nothing' then fine, provided it was backed up by scientific proof. But there isn't that either. Just a gap, filled with conspiracy theories and nonsense like that's the way it's supposed to be because it's been like that for a long time. We are the only ones who can change it, yet we aren't, we've developed into a society that simply waits to be told.
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I think most right-minded people think alien life exists in some form or other, the sheer numbers of stars we know about and don't mean its almost impossible that alien life doesn't exist. However that's completely different to them whizzing around in flying saucers within earth's orbit and hanging around near road signs at 3am.
 
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Bum_Chinned_Crabski said:
I think most right-minded people think alien life exists in some form or other, the sheer numbers of stars we know about and don't mean its almost impossible that alien life doesn't exist. However that's completely different to them whizzing around in flying saucers within earth's orbit and hanging around near road signs at 3am.
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They don't whizz about in flying saucers, that's a common misconception. Saucer shaped craft seen in the sky are man made military projects, they are not of alien origin.

As I said before, you asked me to provide a photo, so I did. Then you said it wasn't what it was. Fine. But you don't know that. You can't have your cake and eat it. If you want actual proof for yourself, might I suggest going out and getting it yourself?
 
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